Ethnic Americans face a high risk of mercury poisoning, but they don’t always know it. New data from a Sierra Club-commissioned study reveals that high rates of subsistence fishing among minorities contribute to high levels of mercury in the body, which can affect the nervous system, especially in unborn babies and children.

More than a 1,000 tour operators from around the world have converged on San Francisco this week to talk shop, meeting with some 3,500 exhibitors in an expo that is expected to generate more than $350 million in tourism revenue for the city, AsianWeek reports.

San Francisco is home to more than a quarter million Asian Americans but, before January, had never had an Asian-American mayor. But this milestone may be short lived as Mayor Ed Lee has said he does not plan to run for election in November.

Come for the ‘Fast and Furious’ J-Cars and Thai prayer, stay for the balut eating contest (nearly developed chicken and duck eggs) and Cambodian R&B, this Saturday at the Asian Heritage Street Celebration. The 7th annual street fair, which is organized by the AsianWeek Foundation to celebrate Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, is supposedly the largest Pan Asian street fair nationwide, drawing over 80,000 people and 150 organizations.

“Will I get water today?” This question, asked daily by millions of people in South Asia, was the inspiration for a service created by UC Berkeley and Stanford graduate students that won the prestigious Global Social Venture Competition last month, India-West reports.